D-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers robbed the room for Stewart. Final grade: D-.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Evan Stewart slide, and the Packers were the ones holding the card at the Round 3 slot. Highway robbery.
Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
Reaching for Rice left real value on the table behind him. They bet on numbers rather than a single high pick.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 23 they get an anchor for the defensive front, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a disruptor off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tate Ratledge. The roster fit checks out.
You do not let a wide receiver like Evan Stewart reach No. 87 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
A premium they did not need to pay, Davison Igbinosun a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A conviction pick on Jonah Monheim at pick No. 120 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Zach Rice at the 151st overall pick, and it noticed. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A reach on Bryce Foster in the Round 5 slot; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Zy Alexander at slot 183 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No drama and no debate, Cody Simon went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Malik Spencer in Round 7, Pick 24 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
